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Arguably the best pub in Wallingford. A locals pub but welcoming to visitors. Had Dolly on tap which was well kept amongst other ales. Sky sports which may be off putting to some, though there are two separate bars. Worth a visit.
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Can't comment on the beer as I only had a shandy here, but the food was excellent: just burger and chips, and sandwiches, and both well-presented with a fresh salad that actually looked and was appetising. Staff were welcoming and fellow drinkers friendly enough. Mostly gaffers in one drinking bar; families and couples in the restaurant bar. This pub is certainly worth a visit for lunch until well into the afternoon.
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full of foul mouthed chavs.
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This pub failed to live up to my expectations with strange locals and hostile and unaccomodating bar staff. They advertise and show the football but were unwilling to have the cricket on, even without sound prior to the football being shown, instead having the televisions turned off. This despite us deciding to have lunch and afternoon drinks in their pub. The food was ok, me having the smokey burger, but the service was slow. Fairly centrally located.
gumbo - 15 Aug 2011 14:21 |
Greene King range. Open before 1000 on a Sunday and serves an excellent and massive Full English at �5.50. Not cheap, I know, but double pretty much everything. Wallingford is a architecturally very interesting, but full of chavs on a Saturday night. It was like being on a drag strip there were so many brightly coloured VW Golfs with alloy wheels racing up and down at 50 mph. Deeply unpleasant. This pub was heaving, but had a fair atmosphere.
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Excellent boozer. Was very glad to run into this place when visiting the area. Nothing fancy but a friendly welcome, dartboard and on heck of duke box.
GK, but the beer was still pretty good.
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Morland Original and Greene King IPA on wicket. Morland was ok - didn't risk the notoriously poor-travelling GK. Two bars to the pub. On this friday night one was full of young crowd and very loud music (audible from down the street!), the other bar was quieter til about 10.45 when it suddenly filled, due to it being the only later pub venue. Got very full, but friendly crowd of 20-30s. A good pub if you're in the mood for that kind of thing.
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Visited the Dolphin couple of times at the end of June 2008 when camping in Wallingford. The relatively small main bar is absolutely bedecked with foreign currency, Americana, chintzy trinkets, and Rolling Stones memorablia. Not to everyones taste but I quite liked it. We watched some of the Euro 2008 in here although it's a bit of a squeeze when they're palying darts. The locals seem friendly enough and the lager's good and cold albeit a bit pricey like most of Oxfordshire it seems.
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Friendly staff and great inexpensive pub grub. Went a couple of times during the summer for food and beer. The Sunday Roast costs around a fiver and you can get a ploughmans for four. Beer's not the best but the food and staff make up for this. Worth a visit.
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Not the best Wallingford can manage but not bad for a town centre pub. Pity it's Greene King now, but the fake Morlands is OK.
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Good stuff:
Bar billiards table
Bad stuff:
Too brightly lit for me. Poor beers (Greene King)
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Probably one of the best jukeboxes ever - unless you love clubby style music!
nat - 15 Apr 2004 14:48 |
